"NO! It might be a shut-out!"
Heh, heh. From Val's mouth to Even Steven's all-hearing ear. Two stops and 30 minutes later, on FRIDAY, March 13, I hit the trifecta in Orb K.
of this face-down 2018 penny, and was about to pick it up when my attention was drawn
This one was heads up, looking right at me, a 1997 version.
But WAIT! As I was juggling my scratchers and phone, trying to keep my balance to pick up those two pennies, I saw that I had missed a THIRD PENNY. It had been there all along in my first picture, but because of the light coming in the window, I hadn't seen it on camera.
THERE! By the candy! It was actually more obvious in the first photo.
A face-down 1993. I picked up all my meant-for-me pennies, and thankfully had enough pockets to keep them separate until I could see their dates. Because I'm a stickler for details like that. That's normal, right? Nothing weird about such a habit...
Well. You'd think I could be happy with three pennies. But upon closer inspection, I see ANOTHER penny hidden under the rack by the FritoLay penny! I hate to leave a Lincoln behind, but there's no way I could have rescued him.
Sooo...Val will have to settle for 3 pennies this week.
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2020 RUNNING TOTAL
Penny # 20, 21, 22.
Dime still at 6.
Nickle still at 3.
Quarter 0
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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You are so lucky, it would have been terribly sad to see you have a shut out.
ReplyDeleteI was preparing myself for nothing, so 3 was fantastic!
DeleteIf I'd been with you I could have got down on my still-good knees and hauled out that fourth penny for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, buddy! I would have bought you a (healthy) treat in exchange for my 4th penny.
DeleteI walked right over a bright shiny penny at the inside door of Wal-Mart. No way was I bending down with all those hoarders with carts behind me.
ReplyDeleteThat was a wise decision! Even my ample rumpus could not have held back the hordes I've seen online. I might have tried to scoot the penny along under my foot, though, to a position out of the traffic flow.
DeleteOur stores have a little "Leave a penny, take a penny" tray, apparently your store has a "leave a penny, take a penny" floor.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! Orb K still has that little penny dish on the counter. There's usually a couple in it. I guess some people are just careless or uncaring.
DeleteMy mother was always looking down to find her fortune when she was out and about ….. that's how she didn't notice the bird that nearly landed on her head. He did leave her a poop gift, though. She tried to convince us that having a bird crap on your head was good luck!
ReplyDeleteA bird pooped on ME, too! It was in college, a nice spring day, while I was reclining on the concrete slabs by the steps before my next class. Pooped on my WHITE Adidas shorts with the blue stripes! No time to go back to my apartment on my bicycle and change. Green bird poop that didn't rinse out very well.
DeleteOn the bright side, I DO seem to have good luck, even to this day. I can imagine my readers now, trying to get birds to poop on them for good luck...